Al Jazeera Media Network

Since its founding in 1996, Al Jazeera's history has been inexorably tied to the world’s major events. In Al Jazeera’s work, you can find it all, from the heights of the indomitability of the human spirit to the lows of dictatorship, repression, and the abuse of power, For decades Al Jazeera has been pushing the boundaries of free access to information, free thought, and free expression in one of the most uncompromising parts of the world. Al Jazeera's newsrooms and bureaus around the world are full of intrepid men and women with stories to tell. Al Jazeera’s journalists have paid the price of trailblazing journalism. Eleven of its war correspondents have been killed on the front lines. One of its journalists was detained in Guantánamo for more than six years. More than one endured depraved torture in Abu Ghraib. For years, it has had its satellite signal scrambled and re-scrambled – and its digital platforms blocked - to make sure that people couldn't watch, read or listen. Countless others in our storied halls have been detained, prosecuted on trumped-up charges, intimidated, banned, forced to leave their home countries forever - even sentenced to death. Some countries have publicly demanded that Al Jazeera itself be shut down, We'll keep on shedding light on the dark corners, and telling the stories that need to be told.